Post Election Recap

Last night was a night of things both wonderful and heartbreaking. Here’s my pros and cons:

Pros:

Same sex marriage (also known as “marriage”) has been legalized in three states (Maine, Maryland and Washington), and a fourth (Minnesota) struck down a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. I’m pretty proud of my former home state, Washington.

Wisconsin elected the first openly gay Senator, and she’s their first female Senator! Congratulations, Tammy Baldwin!

The first Asian American female Senator, and the first Buddhist Senator, is Mazie Hirono from Hawaii.

Bonus points to Hawaii for electing the first-ever Hindu Senator too.

There are now 20 women in the Senate. That’s an additional three from the previous record!

All of New Hampshire’s delegates, AND their Mayor are women.

Most of the candidates who made headlines with ill-conceived notions regarding rape, abortion, or contraception were defeated!

Cons:

Proposition 35 in California won by a landslide. But there’s some good news, as the EFF and ACLU have already filed suit to strike it down as unconstitutional. I will remain heartbroken about this until it is struck down. I have friends who are sex workers, and I am very concerned about how this will affect them.

Some really awful people decided that calling our President a monkey, and the “N” word were totally acceptable on Twitter.

Donald Trump completely lost his mind last night.

Overall, I think that it was a great night, with impressive leaps forward for women and the fight for equality. I am proud of my country for making huge strides forward. Now let’s fix that economy!

PS: This marks the 100th post for Nice Girls! Thanks for joining me on this ride, and here’s to a few hundred more.

I only disagree with you on one thing: that Donald Trump lost his mind was a bit humorous and totally expected for me. I mean, lame that he had to have a breakdown, but still. We all saw it coming, didn’t we? I also see it as a pro because maybe people will finally see that he clearly has some issues.